Reisterstown man charged with killing wife, burning down home

Baltimore County Police

Baltimore County Police arrested Anthony Paul Rutherford and charged him with first-degree murder and arson in connection with the Dec. 8 death of his wife. Kendra Michelle Rutherford, 35, was found unresponsive in the family's burning Reisterstown home.

Baltimore County Police arrested Anthony Paul Rutherford and charged him with first-degree murder and arson in connection with the Dec. 8 death of his wife. Kendra Michelle Rutherford, 35, was found unresponsive in the family's burning Reisterstown home. (Baltimore County Police)

Colin Campbell, The Baltimore Sun

A 41-year-old Reisterstown man has been charged with killing his wife and then burning down their house last month, Baltimore County police said Wednesday.

Anthony Paul Rutherford, of Fox Run Court, faces first-degree murder and arson charges in the Dec. 8 death of his wife, 35-year-old Kendra Michelle Rutherford.

Firefighters found Kendra Rutherford unresponsive in the burning house and took her to Northwest Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. An autopsy later found she had been asphyxiated, and an investigation determined the fire had been intentionally set.

Anthony Rutherford was arrested and is being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center.